Paroled ex-con Tyler McClane didn't want revenge. He didn't even have enough heart left to hate Caitlin Fielding, the beautiful woman who'd made his name synonymous with evil and helped convict him of an unspeakable crime that he hadn't committed. What little emotion Tyler had left was for a traumatized little girl -- his motherless daughter, who Caitlin had adopted while he'd rotted in jail.... Caitlin knew Tyler would never forget what she'd unintentionally done to him, and the past wouldn't be easily put to rest. Once a handsome, brilliant surgeon, Tyler was now hardened and cynical, a man who thought he had nothing to offer. But Caitlin and young Kelsey needed him desperately . . . and to forge a family, they would need not only his forgiveness, but also his love.